Police in Nagpur have seized MD drug valued at over Rs 53 lakh and arrested two men from Rajasthan in connection with the seizure, officials have said, reported news agency PTI.
The action was taken on Tuesday after the MIDC police received inputs that two persons were planning to sell MD, commonly known as ecstasy, near Sangam Road, Wanadongri, reported PTI.
Two men, identified as Ramswaroop Bhairaram Bishnoi (24) and Hariram Jagdish Paliwal (31), both residents of Kalyanpur tehsil of Rajasthan`s Balotra district, were then arrested from the spot, police said, reported PTI.
The duo was carrying 533 grams of MD, valued at over Rs 53 lakh, an official said.
A case has been registered under the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, he added.
Mephedrone worth Rs 7.26 lakh seized in Thane district; one held
In another case, a 55-year-old man has been arrested for alleged possession of mephedrone worth Rs 7.26 lakh in Maharashtra`s Thane district, police said on Sunday, reported PTI.
Ismail Mohammad Safhi Abbasi, a native of Indore, was caught with the contraband in Ulhasnagar on Friday afternoon, an official said, reported PTI.
"A patrolling team from the Vitthalwadi police station spotted the accused moving around in a suspicious manner near the VTC Ground. When he was questioned and searched, 36.3 gm of MD powder was recovered from his possession," he said.
The arrested accused has revealed that he had sourced the drug from one Harish, who also hails from Indore, and efforts are on to trace him, the official said, reported PTI.
"We are investigating the entire supply chain to identify where the drugs originated from and to whom they were to be sold," the officer said, adding that a case has been registered under the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) Act.
Interstate ganja smuggling gang busted in Thane; 8 members held, MCOCA invoked
Meanwhile, in a major crackdown on drug trafficking, police in Thane district have busted a ganja smuggling gang operating across multiple states, arresting eight of its 14 members and seizing Rs 8.5 lakh worth of the contraband, officials said on Thursday.
A country-made pistol was also seized from the gang members, who have been booked under the stringent Maharashtra Control of Organised Crime Act (MCOCA), Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCP) Atul Zende said.
Talking to reporters, Zende informed the operation was carried out jointly by the Mahatma Phule police station and the Kalyan traffic police following a specific tip-off received in August about a suspect transporting drugs via the Waldhuni bridge area in Kalyan town.
The arrests were made over multiple days recently, said the police officer.
Acting on the information, teams led by senior Inspector Baliram Singh Pardeshi (Mahatma Phule Police Station) and his counterpart from the traffic department Milind Zogde laid a trap in the Waldhuni area.
(With inputs from PTI)
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